NOTE: The North Alabamian
was a newspaper published weekly, on Fridays, in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, AL.
It was established about 1832, and at that time, Tuscumbia was located in
Franklin County, AL. The owner and publisher was Asa Messenger.

The North AlabamianFriday, 16 Dec 1836FRANKLIN Female Institute
The First Session of this Institution will terminate next wee. Those having
particular business with the Treasurer, can find him, at all times, in the
Counting-Rooms of J. F. Abernathy & Co., Tuscumbia, Ala.

The Franklin Female Institute of Tuscumia [sic] Ala.,Will commence its Second Session on Monday the 16th of January, 1837,
in that spacious and elegant building now known as the Mansion House Hotel. The
lot contains two acres of ground, well supplied with fine shade trees,
furnishing ample pleasuregrounds, an excellent well of Water, and a Garden which
is adapted both for culinary and Botanical purposes.
The Trustees have ordered
a complete Philosophical, Astronomical, and Chemical Apparatus, and they have
resolved to spare no plains or expenses to render the Institute one of the
highest character.The Boarding House
will be occupied, and under the immediate care of the Principal, who will be
responsible for the good order, neatness, and the comfort of the whole
establishment. The assembly room for the Pupils is large and well ventilated,
and the recitation rooms well arranged. The bedrooms are very comfortable and
airy, each opening upon a beautiful Portico.Rev. James Weatherby, A. M., Principal;
Miss N. C. Ripley }
Miss R. R. Landon, } Teachers
Arrangements have been made to secure the services of an accomplished Teacher of
Music.

Terms for a Session of Five Months:

Primary department - - - - -
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$ 10 00

Advanced Departments - - - -
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15 00

Instruction on Piano Forte- -
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25 00

Painting and Drawing - - - -
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15 00

French or Latin Languages - -
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15 00

Incidental Expenses - - - - -
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1 50

Boarding, lodging, washing, &c.
per ses

60 00

Half the
amount to be paid in advance

Peter Walker

John Hogun

John Bradley

Jacob Haigh

Chas. Cooper

Isaac Winston

Burt Harrington

C. T. Barton

M. Tarver

A. S. Christian

G. W. Carroll

N. J. Huston

Dec. 16, 1836.

Trustees.

The North AlabamianFriday, 16 Dec 1836.Lafayette Female AcademyAT LA-GRANGE, ALABAMA.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace respectfully inform the public that the next session of
this institution will commence on the first Monday in January next. The
Course of study designed in the Academy embraces those Sciences which form a
useful and accomplished Female Education, and is, therefore, very comprehensive,
and intended to impart to Young Ladies a thorough acquaintance with modern
Languages and Mathematics, (as far as taught in the most distinguished Female
Seminaries in the United States,) and the usual and higher branches of a
complete English Education. It is deemed unnecessary to mention those
branches;--suffice it to say, they will be as general in this as in any other
similar institution, and that the most approved Text Books will be adopted. The
object of the Teachers will be, to make the Academy worthy of public patronage,
by the closest application of their time to the mental culture of their pupils,
and the most sedulous attention to their morals and deportment.
The Lafayette Academy is
beautifully situated on an elevated mountain, commanding an extensive view of
the valley below, and the surrounding country, and is proverbial for health.
Parents and guardians who send their sons and ward to the LaGrange College, can
conveniently send their daughters to the Lafayette Female Academy.
Board can be obtained in
genteel private families in the village.
LaGrange, Dec. 16, 1836. ---3t

The North AlabamianFriday, 6 Jan 1837Miss M. MacLaurin
RESPECTFULLY informs her friends and the public that the next Session of her
School will commence on Monday the 16th of January. Terms for tuition, $10 per
Session, payable in advance.
Tuscumbia, December 28, 1836. --3t

The North AlabamianFriday, 6 Jan 1837Tuscumbia Female SeminaryThe Tenth Session of this Institution will commence on Monday, the 16th day
of January, 1837.
The Seminary possesses ample accommodations for a large
number of Students. The Building is new, highly convenient in its arrangement,
and pleasantly situated. It is surrounded by a large yard, well
enclosed.---There are six rooms in all one of which is a large assembly-hall,
furnished with desks and seats for the accommodation of the whole School. The
other rooms are devoted to recitations and calisthenics.
The Seminary is furnished with a new and
excellent Philosophical, Astronomical, and chemical Apparatus. It is also
supplied with two Pianos of superior tone.
A cabinet of Minerals will soon be obtained.
About two hundred Mineralogical and Geological Specimens have been ordered.
A spacious and convenient Boarding-House is
beautifully situated near the Seminary, furnished with ample accommodations,
where the young Ladies will be under the immediate care of the Principal and
Teachers. Parents and Guardians may feel assured that no pains will be spared to
render the boarding-House a pleasant and healthful residence for their daughters
and wards.FACULTY:
Rev'd. C. Richardson, Principal;
Mrs. M. G. Richardson, Governess;
Mrs. M. G. Ireson, Primary Department;
MIsses A. and E. Pelton, Assistants in the Higher Departments;
Miss Emily L. Nutting, Ornamental Dep't.;
Miss Ann G. Gibbs, Musical Department. Terms per Session of 20 weeks: